A DJ story: I think I found the band to play at my funeral

TEXT: a DJ story around last weekend’s Alice Russell show in Toronto

MUSIC: Alice Russell – Mean to Me (LP My Favourite Letters, 2005, Label – Tru Thoughts Recordings)

RUNNING TIME: a little short of 9 minutes, including the music.

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Hello again, my dear friend, and here’s another story from your DJ. I went to see Alice Russell Band live at a club a couple of nights ago, and I think I’ll try to book them to play at my funeral.

Because at my funeral, you see, beyond being devastated that I’m gone, I’d also like you to feel happy. Happy and drunk, that is.

Happy because you’re still around enjoying this beautiful world, and drunk to forget that your friend, George, is not.

Not an easy task, though, getting everybody happy and drunkat my funeral. For that, I need a live band that can roll happiness over my coffin from the very first second in the first song. And at the same time can get you happily drunk while dancing on funk beats. Following their concert in Toronto, I think Alice Russell and her fantastic bandmates gave me the recipe.

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CREDITS and REFERENCES:

Alice Russell on MySpace.

SyncLive, where you can get live shows. It’s beta for now. Alice’s Toronto-show is there. No account needed to listen.

Supermarket, where the gig was.

They gave me the ticket to the show – thanks, TD Canada Trust Jazz Festival.

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